Page 5 - 28 Facing Life's Record

Day of Atonement. So in the great day of final

atonement and investigative judgment the

only cases considered are those of the

professed people of God. The judgment of the

wicked is a distinct and separate work, and

takes place at a later period. “Judgment must

begin at the house of God: and if it first begin

at us, what shall the end be of them that obey

not the gospel?” 1 Peter 4:17.

The books of record in heaven, in which the

names and the deeds of men are registered,

are to determine the decisions of the

judgment. Says the prophet Daniel: “The

judgment was set, and the books were

opened.” The revelator, describing the same

scene, adds: “Another book was opened,

which is the book of life: and the dead were

judged out of those things which were